Ben Lee Quotes
I've tried to make music that's more universal, but for me, it's most successful emotionally when it's most specific to what I'm going through.
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North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Often times I have been asked about the attributes for success, and I have said that you need two attributes for succeeding as an entrepreneur: one, courage, second, luck.
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As feminism becomes more integrated into mainstream publications and conversation, I feel weary of an obsession of celebrity culture masquerading as activism or as conversation or action. It's clickbait.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace.
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I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
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I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
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I have four of the most incredible children. And I have five grandchildren.
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I believe that laughter is a language of God and that we can all live happily ever laughter.
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We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.
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Bathrooms are, on a square foot basis, the most expensive room in the house to renovate. If you want to test your heart's fitness, try shopping for simple bathroom faucets. Add in the cost of the required valves, mixers and trims, and you may need reviving when you see the tally!
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What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.
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Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.
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Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay, let's calm down. It's not the kind of energy I want to have in life. I want to go slower, and longer.
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After the election of George McGovern in 1972 as a peace candidate - I should say his election to the nomination of the Democratic Party - the party changed the rules to steeply tilt that playing field, creating superdelegates and Super Tuesdays that make it very hard for a grassroots campaign to prevail.
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All I wanted was attention from girls when I was a kid. Then I got my braces off, and then there was too much attention, and I was also mad that they didn't pay attention to me in the first place. Then I was just like, I couldn't put on blinders and focus on one because there were too many options.
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My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.
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The idea is that if we can put our own people through something almost as bad as what they might have to go through if they were taken captive, they will inoculate themselves.
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I never, ever talk about writing to anyone at all.
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I've tried to make music that's more universal, but for me, it's most successful emotionally when it's most specific to what I'm going through.
